English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Cadmore End

Early-attested site in the Parish of Fingest

Historical Forms

  • Cademere 1236 FF

Etymology

'Cada's boundary.' The name Cada may be inferred from Cadanhangra (KCD 780) and numerous other place-names.v. Förster in Liebermann Festschrift 180. mære rather than mere seems certain as the place is right on the county border.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement